Trump says he’ll 'leave' North Korea meeting if it’s not 'fruitful'

At a Wednesday press conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, President Trump commented on his highly anticipated meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

“I hope to have a very successful meeting. If we don’t think it’s going to be successful, we won’t have it,” Trump told reporters.

“If the meeting, when I’m there, is not fruitful, I will respectfully leave the meeting and we’ll continue [with] what we’re doing…but something will happen,” the president added.

His remarks came hours after he tweeted about CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s recent visit to North Korea.

“Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea last week,” Trump wrote on Wednesday morning. “Meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed. Details of Summit are being worked out now. Denuclearization will be a great thing for World, but also for North Korea!”

According to the Washington Post, “The extraordinary meeting between one of Trump’s most trusted emissaries and the authoritarian head of a rogue state was part of an effort to lay the groundwork for direct talks between Trump and Kim about North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.”

The two leaders are expected to meet in late May or June, reports CNN.